By default, the developer portal sends emails in response to certain events. For example, when a new app developer registers on the portal, the portal automatically sends an account verification email to the provided email address.
Configure the following email settings for all email notifications originating from the portal:
When a portal is first provisioned, email notifications are sent to portal users from a generic sender address, noreply-apigee-portals@google.com. This approach is suitable for evaluation, but you should configure
your own SMTP server before launching your portal to users. When you configure the SMTP server, you can also configure the sender address, for example, no-reply@mycompany.com.
To configure the SMTP server:
Cloud Console UI
In the Apigee in Cloud console, go to the
Distribution > Portals page.
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